Checking and unchecking device



(No Model.)

M. F. GLYNN. CHECKING AND UNGHEGKING DEVICE.

No. 445,888. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL F. GLYNN, OF ASHLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHECKING AND UNCHECKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 445,888, datedFebruary 3, 1891. Application filed September 17, 1890- Serial No.365,227. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL F. GLYNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashley, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Checkrein-Guide, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has relation to a take-up for checkreins, the objects inview being to provide a spring-actuated take-up for connecting theretothe checkreins of horses and means for liberating the take-up from theseat of the carriage, whereby the animal may be given his head while inthe act of drinking and rechecked after drinking.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a take-upconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being applied'to aharness-saddle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, one wall of the casing beingremoved. Fig. 3 is a circumferential section.

Like numerals indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

To an ordinary harness-saddle is riveted or otherwise secured a curvedmetal plate 2, provided near its ends with rein-supporting rings orterrets 3. At the middle of the plate is located an upwardlydisposedthreaded stud 4, upon which is mounted aflat circular case 5, formed oflight metal and provided upon the inner side of its rim with a metalblock 6, having a threaded opening 7 for the reception of the stud, andbelow said casing upon the studis located a j arn-nut 8, whereby saidcasing may be jammed into position. Secured within the casing is a metalframe 9, in which is journaled a winding-shaft 10, to one end of whichis connected a coiled spring 11, said spring after being wound looselyupon the shaft being passed through a transverse slot 12, formed in ablock 13 and out to an opening 14, formed in the periphery or rim of thecasing, beyond which it is connected to a check-hook 15, designed toengage the rear or looped end of a checkrein 17. One

end of the windingshaft extends outside of the casing, and is thereprovided With a swiveled lug, by which the shaft may be rotated.

A ratchet-wheel 19 is secured upon the shaft, and a pawl 20spring-pressed into engagement therewith, said pawl also being mounted 55 upon a disk or wheel 21, located upon the shaft.

Above the slotted block there is located a perforated bracket 23, theperforation of which is vertically opposite a perforation 2% formed insaid block and at a right angle to the slot in said block. In theperforation in. the bracket and the block is mounted for re ciprocationa bolt 25, encircling which, between-the block and bracket, is a coiledspring 6 5 26. The inner end of the bolt is adapted to take into theperforation 27, formed in the coiled spring, when said spring ispartially uncoiled upon the shaft, and thus lock the spring againstwithdrawal from the casing. A pulley 27 is journaled upon the shaft 28in the frame of the casing, said pulley having its periphery grooved,and over the same runs a flexible wire 28, the inner end of which isconnected to the before-mentioned reciproeating bolt, and the outer endof which passes through an opening 29, formed in the rear side of thecasing, and is connected to a light chain or spring 30, leading to thedash-board of the vehicle, where itis secured. The wheel or disk uponthe winding-shaft is provided with a perforation 31, and in the sametakes a locking-finger 42, secured on the end of a shaft or stud 33,whereby said shaft is normally maintained rigid.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from theforegoing description, and may be briefly stated as follows: \Vhen it isdesirable to give the horse his head for the purpose of drinking, thechain or cord is drawn upon and the bolt withdrawn from the perforationin the free end of the coiled spring and the horse permitted to lowerhis head, the spring tightening upon the shaft when in the act. Afterdrinking, the horses head is raised by drawing upon the reins, and theslack of the checkrein taken up by the spring unwinding upon the shaft,and when the perforation in said spring arrives opposite the bolt thelatter is shot through the perforation, and the checking up of thehorses head completed.

It is apparent that the herein-described de vice may be applied to anyof the ordinar 1 harness-saddles now in use, in lieu of the usual rigidhook, which latter, it will be understood, is removed for the purpose ofthe application. \Vhen thus applied persons need not step to the groundfor the purpose of checking and unchecking.

Having described my invention, what I claim is t 1. The combination,With a casing adapted to be mounted upon a harness-saddle, of a shaftmounted in the casing, a spring-ribbon wound upon the shaft having oneend secured thereto and the opposite end extending through a slot in thecasing, a slotted 'block located in front of the slot for the passage ofthe spring, a perforated bracket located opposite a perforation formedin the block and in the ribbon, a bolt mounted for reciprocation in theperforations, a spring encircling the same between the block andbracket, a pulley, a cord passed over the pulley, secured at its innerend to the bolt and having its opposite end passed through the casing tothe dash of the Vehicle, and a checkrein-engaging hook .looselyconnected to the free end of the ribbon-spring, substantially asspecified.

2., The combination, With a casing adapted to be mounted upon aharness-saddle, of a metal frame located in the casing, a'wi'ndingshaftjournaled in the frame and having one end extending through the casing,a ribbonspring coiled upon the shaft, secured at one end thereto, ablock slotted to receive the opposite en d of the spring, which latteris passed through an opening formed in the rear side of the casing andprovided With perforations opposite the block, a disk mounted on theshaft, a ratchet mounted on the shaft, a springpressed pawl engaging theratchet, a perforated bracket located opposite a perforation formed inthe box, a bolt mounted in the perforations, a spring coiled about thebolt between the perforations, a pulley located in the frame beyond theouter end of the bolt, and a cord or chain connected to said end, passedover the pulley through the casing, and terminating in the vehicle,substantially as specified.

In testimony that. I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaflixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL F. GLYNN.

Witnesses:

J os. RETTEMEYER, THOMAS LYNCH.

